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Tokyo

With no discernible centre, Tokyo's vast  urban sprawl can overwhelm on your first visit. The neon-lit, densely populated city of stereotype is there if you want it, but go behind the concrete and Tokyo reveals itself to be a city of small back streets and quiet spaces. It also offers the visitor impeccable service, knock-out food and great shopping. It's no wonder Tokyo leaves other cities in its wake.
 

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Essentials

01 Lunch is a bargain in Tokyo. Even the best restaurants offer a good value set menu.
02 Cash-starved travellers looking for an atm should head for the nearest post office or 7-11 store.
03 Invest in a few fresh pairs of socks. You need to be shoe-less in many restaurants and offices.
04 Don't be late, don't open and shut taxi doors (leave that to the driver) and handle any business cards received with care.
05 Taxis are plentiful, but don't be afraid of the subway. It's cheap, clean and unfailingly punctual.

 


Hotels
Independent and easy
Marunouchi Hotel
1-6-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
+ 81 3 3215 2151
marunouchi-hotel.co.jp/english

Dependable chain
The Peninsula Tokyo
1-8-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku
+ 81 3 6270 2888
peninsula.com

Premium
Park Hyatt Tokyo
3-7-1-2 Nishi
Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku
+ 81 3 5322 1234
tokyo.park.hyatt.com

Dining
Fast breakfast
Royal Host
All over Tokyo. Try Harajuku
royal.co.jp

Business breakfast
French Kitchen
Grand Hyatt Hotel,
6-10-3 Roppongi, Minato-ku
+ 81 3 4333 1234

Mid-morning coffee
Bread, Espresso &
3-4-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 5410 2040

Working lunch with colleagues
Minoru Shokudo
Ginza Terrace, 9f, Mitsukoshi [East Wing]
4-6-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku
+ 81 3 5524 3128

Need-to-impress clients lunch
Kitcho
8-17-4 Ginza, Chuo-Ku
+ 81 3 3541 8228
kitcho.com

Lunch on your own
Cinagro
5-10-1 Jingumae, B1f, Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 3400 4796

Dinner with colleagues
Maru
Aoyama KT Bldg B1,
5-50-8 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 6418 5572
maru-mayfont.jp

Private dinner
Gochizen
2-7-3 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku
+ 81 3 6427 9728
gochizen.com

Big dinner with partner/clients
New York Grill
3-7-1-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
+ 81 3 5322 1234
parkhyatttokyo.com

Drink after dinner
Bar Radio
3-10-34 Minami, Aoyama, Minato-ku
+ 81 3 3402 2668

Late drinks
Bluestone
6-4-14 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku
+ 81 3 5485 0818
bar-bluestone.com

On the tiles
Le Baron de Paris and its adjoining karaoke rooms Amour
B1F Aoyama Center,
3-8-40 Minami,
Aoyama,
Minato-ku
+ 81 3 3408 3665
lebaron.jp
Reading
Bookshop
Maruzen
B1F-4F Marunouchi Oazo, 1-6-4 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
+ 81 3 5288 8881
maruzen.co.jp

Shopping
Something you can't get anywhere else
Gallery and Shop 'Do'
Claska Hotel, 1-3-18 Chuo-ku, Meguro-ku
+ 81 3 3719 8121
claska.com

Lost luggage - where to buy shirts, socks and underwear
Shinjuku Isetan
Men's Building,
3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
isetan.co.jp

Something for the kids
Kodomo Beams
19-7 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 5428 4844
beams.co.jp

Something for someone you love
Bag from Kurachika Yoshida
5-6-8 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 5413 3083

Something for yourself
Music from Bonjour Records
Daikanyama 24-1, Sarugaku-cho,
Shibuya-ku
+ 81 3 5458 6020
bonjour.co.jp
Two-hour tour
01
Meiji Jingu Shrine
Shrine to the late Emperor Meiji.

02
Ota Woodblock Museum
Private collection of woodblock prints.

03
Kenzo Tange's Olympic Arena Built for the 1964 Olympics.

Limousine/car
Nihon Kotsu
+ 81 3 5755 2336
nihon-kotsu.co.jp/en/

Transport
Buy a pass
Pasmo pass - from ¥1,000 (€6) - valid on buses, subway and JR Lines. Buy it in the subway. It can also be used to buy goods in some shops and taxis.

Rent a bike
Rent from the big Muji in Yurakucho. It has simple bikes at just ¥525 (€3) a day during the week and ¥1,050 (€6) at weekends and on holidays. Electric bikes are ¥1,575 (€14) a day weekdays, ¥2,100 (€19) a day at weekends.

Fitness
Good gym
3-7-1-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
+ 81 3 5322 1234
tokyo.park.hyatt.com

Good running route
Imperial Palace
The 5km circuit of the Imperial Palace.